Personalized and contextualized audio briefing

Abstract

A method of providing a personalized audio briefing to a user is performed at an electronic device. The device receives identification of information sources associated with the user. Each of the information sources is associated with a content type. The device receives an authorization to access the identified information sources and a preferred order of content types for presentation within the audio briefing. It transmits to a remote system the identification, the authorization, and the preferred order. Following the transmitting, the device receives a verbal input from the user requesting the audio briefing. In response to the verbal input, the device receives a response generated by the remote system, including content from the information sources and information inserted by the remote system based on the authorization to access received from the user. The device outputs an audible response according to the preferred order.

What is claimed: 
     
       1. A method comprising:
 at an electronic device comprising memory and one or more processors:
 receiving, from a user, identification of one or more information sources associated with the user, wherein each of the one or more information sources is associated with a content type; 
 receiving, from the user, a preferred order of content types for presentation within a briefing; 
 transmitting, to a remote system, the identification of the one or more information sources, and the preferred order; 
 following the transmitting, receiving a verbal input from the user requesting the briefing; and 
 in response to the verbal input:
 receiving a response generated by the remote system, the response including content from the one or more information sources and information inserted by the remote system, wherein the response corresponds to an audible response, and an order of the content and the information within the audible response is based on whether the electronic device has a functionality that allows interaction with messages that correspond to the content or does not have a functionality that allows interaction with messages that correspond to the content; and 
 outputting, according to the order, the audible response. 
 
 
 
     
     
       2. The method as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the order of the content and the information within the response is based on one or more criteria associated with the user, causing the preferred order of content types to be modified by omitting at least one content type from the preferred order or by adding at least one content type to the preferred order. 
     
     
       3. The method as recited in  claim 2 , wherein the modifying the preferred order comprises omitting one or more of the content types for presentation based on a time of day. 
     
     
       4. The method as recited in  claim 2 , wherein the one or more criteria comprise at least one of:
 a time of day; 
 a location of the electronic device; and 
 a usage history of the electronic device by the user. 
 
     
     
       5. The method as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the information inserted by the remote system is based on one or more criteria associated with the user, and the one or more criteria comprise at least one of:
 a time of day; 
 a location of the electronic device; and 
 a usage history of the electronic device by the user. 
 
     
     
       6. The method as recited in  claim 1 , wherein the response is streamed from the remote system to the electronic device in real time. 
     
     
       7. The method as recited in  claim 1 , wherein:
 the electronic device includes one or more visual indicators; and 
 the outputting the audible response comprises displaying a status of the electronic device using the one or more visual indicators. 
 
     
     
       8. An electronic device comprising:
 one or more processors; and 
 memory communicatively coupled with and readable by the one or more processors and having stored therein processor-readable instructions which, when executed by the one or more processors, cause the electronic device to perform operations comprising:
 receiving, from a user, identification of one or more information sources associated with the user, wherein each of the one or more information sources is associated with a content type; 
 receiving, from the user, a preferred order of content types for presentation within a briefing; 
 transmitting, to a remote system, the identification of the one or more information sources, and the preferred order; 
 following the transmitting, receiving a verbal input from the user requesting the briefing; and 
 in response to the verbal input:
 receiving a response generated by the remote system, the response including content from the one or more information sources and information inserted by the remote system, wherein the response corresponds to an audible response, and an order of the content and the information within the audible response is based on whether the electronic device has a functionality that allows interaction with messages that correspond to the content or does not have a functionality that allows interaction with messages that correspond to the content; and 
 outputting, according to the order, the audible response. 
 
 
 
     
     
       9. The electronic device as recited in  claim 8 , wherein the order of the content and the information within the response is based on one or more criteria associated with the user, causing the preferred order of content types to be modified by omitting at least one content type from the preferred order or by adding at least one content type to the preferred order. 
     
     
       10. The electronic device as recited in  claim 9 , wherein the modifying the preferred order comprises omitting one or more of the content types for presentation based on a time of day. 
     
     
       11. The electronic device as recited in  claim 9 , wherein the one or more criteria comprise at least one of:
 a time of day; 
 a location of the electronic device; and 
 a usage history of the electronic device by the user. 
 
     
     
       12. The electronic device as recited in  claim 8 , wherein the information inserted by the remote system is based on one or more criteria associated with the user, and the one or more criteria comprise at least one of:
 a time of day; 
 a location of the electronic device; and 
 a usage history of the electronic device by the user. 
 
     
     
       13. The electronic device as recited in  claim 8 , wherein the response is streamed from the remote system to the electronic device in real time. 
     
     
       14. The electronic device as recited in  claim 8 , further comprising one or more visual indicators, wherein the outputting the audible response comprises displaying a status of the electronic device using the one or more visual indicators. 
     
     
       15. A non-transitory, processor-readable medium having processor-readable instructions thereon which, when executed by one or more processing devices, cause an electronic device to perform operations comprising:
 receiving, from a user, identification of one or more information sources associated with the user, wherein each of the one or more information sources is associated with a content type; 
 receiving, from the user, a preferred order of content types for presentation within a briefing; 
 transmitting, to a remote system, the identification of the one or more information sources, and the preferred order; 
 following the transmitting, receiving a verbal input from the user requesting the briefing; and 
 in response to the verbal input:
 receiving a response generated by the remote system, the response including content from the one or more information sources and information inserted by the remote system, wherein the response corresponds to an audible response, and an order of the content and the information within the audible response is based on whether the electronic device has a functionality that allows interaction with messages that correspond to the content or does not have a functionality that allows interaction with messages that correspond to the content; and 
 outputting, according to the order, the audible response. 
 
 
     
     
       16. The non-transitory, processor-readable medium as recited in  claim 15 , wherein the order of the content and the information within the response is based on one or more criteria associated with the user, causing the preferred order of content types to be modified by omitting at least one content type from the preferred order or by adding at least one content type to the preferred order. 
     
     
       17. The non-transitory, processor-readable medium as recited in  claim 16 , wherein the modifying the preferred order comprises omitting one or more of the content types for presentation based on a time of day. 
     
     
       18. The non-transitory, processor-readable medium as recited in  claim 16 , wherein the one or more criteria comprise at least one of:
 a time of day; 
 a location of the electronic device; and 
 a usage history of the electronic device by the user. 
 
     
     
       19. The non-transitory, processor-readable medium as recited in  claim 15 , wherein the information inserted by the remote system is based on one or more criteria associated with the user, and the one or more criteria comprise at least one of:
 a time of day; 
 a location of the electronic device; and 
 a usage history of the electronic device by the user. 
 
     
     
       20. The non-transitory, processor-readable medium as recited in  claim 15 , wherein the response is streamed from the remote system to the electronic device in real time.